Mac renders theme differently than pc

  • Resolved jmklein

    (@jmklein)


    15 years, 4 months ago

    Been using Coda on the mac and notepad++ on the pc to code my own theme based on simplecms theme. Going back and forth between the two using a usb stick to test for different resolutions and browsers. Worked fine and validated on pc (using Wamp) after a lot of work, but when imported to Mamp on my mac the links on the navbar are squished. Can’t seem to find anything on Google about this. Anyone had a similar problem and knows how to resolve it? Your help is appreciated.

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  • I spent more than a month off and on just trying to get menus working properly in a CSS, only to discover that they ONLY worked in IE8. Getting things to work across all commonly used browsers can be a very difficult task for anything more than the simplest of CSS.

    What I’m saying is that you may have more than a PC v.s. Mac problem. I would suggest that you do some cross-browser testing to see just how widespread your problem is. I found this somewhat dated (it’s only from earlier this year!) article the best I could find on the subject of cross-browser testing: https://freelancefolder.com/7-fresh-and-simple-ways-to-test-cross-browser-compatibility/

    Since my bad experience, I’ve stuck to very small CSS changes. And do anything larger by using existing portions of a CSS — in my case, just the menu portion — that has been fully cross-browser tested. And, even better, is currently being updated on a regular basis to ensure cross-browser compatibility in the future.

    Thread Starter jmklein

    (@jmklein)

    Thanks adiant, I spent the last two days working on this and am getting very frustrated. I am glad I don’t do this for a living.

    I was able to get the browsers to match up after a few hours (and even validate), but every time I copied to my mac from pc or visa versa, the menu bar links expanded (pc) or contracted (mac)and I am talking about a large margin. Spent most of today trying to correct it without any luck. I think I will try to just center it if I can and try to match up the ends as best as possible. Is there a way of just making the links spread out by the same amount, centered across the navbar?

    Thanks for the link but I don’t think it is the browser. It is something in how the mac or pc renders it.

    In my pre-WordPress days, I would use HTML Tables, instead of HTML Lists, to solve my tough alignment problems, including Links.

    Thread Starter jmklein

    (@jmklein)

    I feel like the worlds biggest tool. When I set up the mampserver on the mac I had to redo all the wordpress admin settings because I didn’t know how to import the pc wampserver settings across from the pc. (still don’t know how to do it). Guess what? I reduced the number of links from 9 to 8 on the mampserver to make the navbar look less crowded but forgot to change the settings on the mac. I now know the hazards of keeping two separate servers and will probably delete the one on the pc. thanks for your help regardless.

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